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A variational autoencoder has a generative model in its top part and an embedding model in its bottom part.
Alexander Mattick · Why Scaling Prediction Cannot Create Intelligence - Alexander Mattick · 21 Sep 2026
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“And you effectively the the top part is a generative model, the bottom part is effectively s like an embedding model. A problem with like these variation autoencoders and it's something that's had been also been seen very very early on is”38:23Report a misattribution
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